1853rd BLOG POST
Guru Purnima was generally seen
by me as another Teacher’s day but this year utilizing the lockdown period, I
started getting little bit into my religion and I understood the importance of
this day and how it is not just Teacher’s Day but something very big and
spiritual. I am seeing people on social media thanking their teachers, friends
etc. and taking it quite lightly but it is not meant to be taken so casually. If
you’ll see, all the religious gurus and major temples in India associate this
day as a very important day and schedule big events to pray and honour the Guru
who initiated them into meditation and spirituality.
“Gu” means “darkness” or “ignorance”
and “Ru” means “removing it” or “moving away from it”. This means that a Guru
is someone who takes us away from darkness and towards lightness. Now, the role
of a teacher is about giving you lessons about the subjects and it is quite
limited. After the scope of that subject, the relationship between a
teacher-student is generally restricted. Similarly, it is with relatives and
friends too. They only help you with some aspect of life but not more than
that. Hence, we can always say that the first proper Guru that we get in our
life are our parents. As they help us understand what religion we have taken
birth in and gives us an identity. They start helping us understand what God is
and who is the God we should pray to. They make us understand the importance of
festivals – make us aware about the rituals, good habits, sanskaar and what
not.
Parents shall always remain to be
our first Gurus in life no matter what- but again- before being our Guru, they
are our parents and that remains to be their primary responsibilities in our
life. To have a Guru, we can’t just go to anyone who sounds to be more aged or
learned and ask him/her to be our Guru. A Guru is someone who helps us
understand the meaning of life and what the purpose of Life is. Similarly, they
help us understand how the rituals can be transformed into spiritual powers and
give us the depth and understanding of life which can help us determine how to
take proper decisions and make less mistakes in our journey.
They also go ahead and make us
aware about Yoga and Meditation specifically as per our requirement which helps
us keep ourselves aligned with our body, mind, soul and energies. They help us
in giving Mantras and Shlokas reciting and chanting which we can see positive
changes happening in our life. Whenever we get stuck, we go to them and pour
everything what has happened with us or where we are stuck. They then rather
than giving the results to us in the platter, make us understand the concept of
life related with our situations along with religious insights etc. which then
help us take the decision wisely by ourselves.
If you and I haven’t been able to
find such a Guru yet in our life, we should start making an effort towards
that. In case you don’t believe in any human being telling you how to lead
life, you can make your religious text or the book that transformed your life
as your Guru and revisit it on this day. Or in case we are unable to find such
Guru or personality around us, we can also end up having a Guru whom we have
never met but someone from their institution is guiding us on their behalf- the
way it happens in Isha or Art of Living foundation. But having a Guru in front
of whom we are what we are and we take everything from them without any
questions or judgments and make it a philosophy of our life is must. The way we
have done with our parents- never questioned them why we are named so, why our
religion is so or why the puja is done in a certain way at our home. Just
accept the person the way he is!
On this Guru Purnima, I bow to my
Guru wherever he/she is – hope I find you soon. Till then, Bhagwad Geeta is
what I have accepted as my Guru as many teachings in my life has come from it.
Also, many other books which have transformed my life.
Happy Guru Purnima for all the
selfless and ideal Gurus in this world. Hope you always stay with us to keep
spreading positivity and knowledge.
Thanks.
WRITING BUDDHA
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